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Did you know that the UK alone gets through 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year? And that despite the PR from a few of the big chains, they are essentially not recyclable? I didn’t. Here’s a good article by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on the subject.
“Brexit means Brexit”
An old university friend of mine put the following on Facebook. I think it’s succinct and brilliant:
To be clear, without defining Brexit, the phrase, “Brexit means Brexit” means nothing.
– Jack Perschke
Can’t you take a joke?
During “the final” last night, I stumbled upon a tweet from Julia Hartley-Brewer. If you haven’t heard of her, and it’s understandable that you wouldn’t have, she’s one of these “journalists” who presents a talk radio show and pops up on current affairs programmes like Question Time and The Andrew Marr Show. Here’s the tweet:
No, I don’t respect the outcome of the EU referendum
In the last 36 hours, many people I know have passed through the various stages of the Kübler-Ross model of grief (denial, anger, bargaining etc.) in the wake of the EU referendum. Most of them now seem to be reaching stage five, acceptance: “I’m not happy with the result of this referendum, but the people have spoken, that’s democracy, I respect and I accept it.”
Skiing in Scotland
Beautiful day skiing the Back Corries at Nevis Range on Monday 15 February 2016.
Takodana
Afternoon stroll.
Julie’s House (A House for Essex)
Spectacular Grayson Perry-designed house where we spent the last few days.
Depressing yet fascinating article by George Monbiot on the Cumbrian floods:
Do little, hide the evidence: the official neglect that caused these deadly floods
I love George Monbiot.
I mentioned in a recent post that I saw him speak about rewilding in Penrith a couple of weeks ago. In that talk he referenced a lecture that he gave to the UK National Parks conference. The gist of his lecture was that the UK’s national parks should be redesignated as ecological disaster zones.
Much of what I saw him speak about was included, in abbreviated form, in his lecture to the conference. Fortunately, that talk was recorded. And here it is.
Cover photo, Still Standing by Steve Calcott on Flickr, from Dartmoor National Park.
Jack Lenox 